HIFK does not have the conditions to play in Ykkösen in the coming season.
HIFK’s representative team, which played in Football First, will stop its activities. According to the club, the team no longer has the conditions to continue its activities.
It files a bankruptcy petition with the Helsinki District Court. HIFK has suffered from financial difficulties. It has been saved from bankruptcy several times before.
– The corona pandemic and other financial challenges that have affected Finnish society in recent years were particularly challenging for HIFK due to the club’s weak financial basis, the release states.
According to the release, the operations of HIFK’s women’s football representative team, HIFK’s junior football and futsal will not be affected by the termination of HIFK Fotboll Ab’s operations.